Acid reflux: Normally, stomach acids remain in the stomach where the lining is well protected from damage by cels that produce mucin. The esophagus has less protection than the stomach and if acids leave the stomach frequently, the esophagus can be damaged. Acid exposure to damagesd tissues can cause pain (heart burn). Even though this sounds like reflux, a docctor's evaluation is suggested to confirm this. ...Read more.
This means that the floor of the Atlantic Ocean basin has a big 'rip' in the middle where magma is spewing out and forming new oceanic crust and thus forcing Africa and South America away from each other.This has been happening since the Jurassic period, some 200 million years ago!Source(s): geology degree.ell, one side of each continent (the atlantic ocean side) is moving away from the other continent, but since the earth is round, this means that the other sides must be moving toward each other, unless the world is growing, and it doesn,t appear to be, so..... busterwasmycat Â· 5 years ago.
About 200 million years ago, the supercontinent began to break up. Gondwana (what is now Africa, South America, Antarctica, India and Australia) first split from Laurasia (Eurasia and North America).Then about 150 million years ago, Gondwana broke up.bout 200 million years ago, the supercontinent began to break up. Gondwana (what is now Africa, South America, Antarctica, India and Australia) first split from Laurasia (Eurasia and North America).